Any grass on pickwick matted yet? Mainly between trace bridge and stateline island. Haven't had a chance to get down that way lately.

Going to do some looking maybe next Monday.

There is plenty of grass!

How has the bite been?

I am fishing deep water, ledges, points and creek channels.

The bite is EXCELLENT, but the fish are stacked. Fish spots

for 15 minutes and move on until you find them, then load the

boat!

 

 

 

 

in the area you stated I don't remember seeing any "matted" grass but there is TONS of grass for sure, just not matted at least where I been.

Any grass on pickwick matted yet? Mainly between trace bridge and stateline island. Haven't had a chance to get down that way lately.

Going to do some looking maybe next Monday.

Lots of grass between Steam Plant/Cane Creek area all the way to Natchez Trace for sure. I'm planning to head  out there Thursday 

Hows the best way to fish those areas of grass?

Hows the best way to fish those areas of grass?

I am fairly new to fishing the grassy areas, but I have had success getting fish to hit topwaters such as frogs, either ribbits or KVD Sexy Frog and also buzzbaits.  A spinnerbait burned across the top of submerged grass has worked a little bit too. I have tried  throwing soft plastics with some success, try and find a pocket and throw into it, give it a few bumps or pulls then retrieve and throw again.  The grass is thick in a lot of places.  It extends well past Natchez Trace bridge. 

I fished it around the steam plant yesterday. It was thick. Didn't catch anything but saw several small fish swimming around the perimeter of it. They weren't bass.

I did not catch any big bass, but all my fish last weekend were caught on either a Rage Toad

on top of the grass or a NorthStar Original Swim Jig (bluegill) with a Rage Tail Shellcracker

along the edges. I never got a strike on several different hollow frogs and strangely, nothing

on a Cavitron. My buddy fished a spinnerbait, Norman Fat Boy and several different poppers

without success.

 

 

 

Fished Pickwick Thursday on the upper end around Mcfarland to  Riverfront Park/Seven Mile Island area.  Caught pretty much all my fish on a Strike KIng 1/4 oz Swim Jig in either Black/Blue or Green Pumpkin with matching Rage Baby Craw. All our fish were in the 1-3 lb range.  My partner caught several on a Fat Free Crankbait and a 3-2 Smallmouth on a Black/Blue jig.